Conference A Beleza que o Homem tem o dever de Criar, with Aurora Carapinha
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Location: Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, Building 1, Auditorium 0NE02 - Caiano Pereira
Date: 11 November 2025
Time: 6:00 PM
Admission: Free
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Biophsyical and Landscape Planning Course, which began on 11 November 1975 at the University of Évora, and as part of Transnational Thematic Laboratories of the PhD in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, Landscape Architect Aurora Carapinha will present the Conference A Beleza que o Homem tem o dever de Criar (The Beauty Man has the duty to Create).
Inspired by the phrase of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andersen, the lecture will explore the conceptual and practical framework, as well as the humanist and integral ecology pillars, that defined the distinctiveness of landscape architecture education at the University of Évora.
The conference will take place on 11 November 2025, at 6:00 PM, at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, Building 1, Auditorium 0NE02 - Caiano Pereira.
About the Speaker
Aurora Carapinha, a distinguished Landscape Architect and Professor Emerita at the University of Évora, has served as visiting professor and speaker across numerous Master's and Doctoral programmes in Portugal, Europe, and Brazil. She also served as the Principal Investigator for the Portuguese national team within the European project, InnoLAND – Launching an Innovation-Based Landscape Architecture Training Framework in Europe.
Aurora Carapinha is an active researcher at the Centro de História da Arte e Investigação Artística (CHAIA) and acts as consultant for the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. In 2023, she provided consultancy for Fertile Futures, the Portuguese curatorial project presented at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Her expertise lies in cultural landscapes, where her research is mainly focused on their aesthetic, ecological, and cultural value.
Her scholarly output includes numerous books, book chapters and academic articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Furthermore, she has successfully supervised a significant volume of Master's and Doctoral theses in this specialisation. In recognition of her sustained contributions to the field, she was awarded the prestigious Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles Prize in 2021.